Ironing-board.



No. 740,104. PATENTBD SEPT. 29, 1903.

v I. M. DILLMAN.

IRONING BOARD.

N0 MODEL.

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Patented September 29, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA M. DILLMAN, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 740,104., dated September 29, 1903. I

Application filed November 13. 1902. Serial 1101131273. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, IRA M. DILLMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing-board s, the object of my invention being to provide an ironing-boardwhichshall be cheap and simple in construction, readily placed in position for use and taken apart after being used, and which can be adjusted for any height of the support, such as a table, with which it is used.

My invention therefore resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts for the above ends, hereinafter fully specified, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the ironing-board in Fig. 2 is a broken plan View of the ironing-board detached. Fig. 3 is a broken bottom plan view of the same. is a perspective view of the upper portion of the leg or prop detached. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the dog detached. Fig.6 is a broken Vertical section through the-upper part of the ironing-board and its supports.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the board proper, having a slot or recess 2 at its inner end. Said recess is of such size as to fit.

per sloping surface 10 abutting against the under sloping side of the leg 3. In like manner the dog has at its lower end a similarlyshaped wide head 11, having two flat bearingsurfaces 12 13 at the same acute angle with each other, of which the upper surface 12 abuts against the under side of the transverse cleat 14L, securedto the ironing-board, while the lower sloping surface 13 abuts against the u er sloping side of the leg.

Fig. 1 1

In addition the lower head of the dog has a knob or pin 15, which enters a socket 16, formed in the under side of said cleat l4, and by its engagement therewith prevents the longitudinal withdrawal of the ironing-board so long as there is downward pressure sufficient to cause said socket 16 to engage said knob 15. The inner edge of the cleat and the inner edge of the recess are beveled or sloped, as shown at 17, to conform to the a11- gle at which the leg stands, permitting the ironing-board to fit snugly against the upper surface of the leg.' Y

The dog has formed in its stem a longitudinal slot 18, through which passes a pin or rivet 19, said pin passing through the leg from side toside. The object of this is to attach the dog permanently to the leg, While permitting adjustment of the dog along the leg. This pin or rivet may or may not be used according as it is or is not desired to attach the dog permanently to the leg. .In any case the slot will be advantageous as lightening the weight of the dog.

The board is adjusted to tables of different heights by moving the leg upward or downward in the slot in the end of the ironing-board. The dog is of course also correspondingly adjustable lengthwise in the leg.

It will readily be seen that this construction furnishes a very simple and cheap form bility and firmness of the board, and also that of ironing-board and one insuring great stait enables adjustment to be made to accommodate the attachment of the board to the varying height of the support. With this construction the ironing-board is supported in such a manner that the outer end thereof is wholly free or unobstructed both at top and bottom, permitting the insertion of the end of the board into garments for the purpose of ironing the same. It is evident that this con-. struction may be used with difierent sizes of boards without having to change either the leg or the dog.

- I claim--- 1 In a device of the character described, the combination with the board proper having a terminal recess or slot, of a leg entering said slot and adjustable lengthwise therein and a dog having acorrespondingly-adjustable engagement with said leg and having a head at each end, the upper head having an under surface to engage the surface of the table or other support and an upper surface to engage the under side of the leg and the lower head having an upper surface to engage the under side of the ironing-board, and a lower surface to engage the upper side of the leg, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination, with the ironing board properhavinga terminal recess or slot, of a leg engaging said slot and adj ustable lengthwise therein, said leg having a central vertical slit, and a dog having a stem correspondingly adjustable lengthwise in said slit said dog having an upper head engaging the table or other support, and a lower head engaging the under side of the ironing-board, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character described, the combinatio'f, with I the ironing board proper having a terminal recess or slot,of a leg engaging said slot and adjustable lengthwise therein, said leg having a central vertical slit, and a dog having a stem correspondingly adjustable lengthwise in said slit said dog having an upper head engaging the table or other support and also the under side of the leg, and a lower head engaging the under side of the ironing-board and also the upper side of the leg, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with the ironing board proper having aterlninal recess or slot, of aleg engaging said slot and adjustable lengthwise therein and having a central vertical slit, and a dog having a stem correspondingly adjustable lengthwise in said slit and an upper head engaging the table or othersupport, and having also a lower head, said lower head and the under side of the ironing-board bein g provided with coengaging means preventing longitudinal withdrawal of the board, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with the board proper having a terminal recess or slot, of a leg entering said slot and a dog engaging said leg and having a head at each end, the upper head having an under surface to engage the surface of the table or other support and an upper surface to engage the under side of the leg and the lower head having an upper surface to engage the under side of the ironingboard, and a lower surface to engage the upper side of the leg, said stem having a slot and a transverse pin secured in said leg and passing through said slot, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

IRA M. DILLMAN.

\Vitnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, BESSIE GORFINKEL. 

